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Versatile maintenance volunteer Eric Borgeson plays basketball
and rakes leaves on Old Campus.
OC residents voice concerns
regarding new housing costs
Bethel College St. Paul, MN Vol. 54 No. 8 November 10, 1978
Students encouraged to try CLEP
Eric lovingly serves old campus
by Sandee Barton
He loves petunias, gives
stranded girls on old campus
rides and has, perhaps, the thick-est
Swedish brogue this side of
Scandinavia. He's Eric Borgeson,
the 78-year-old man with a frame
still like that of many Bethel
collegiates.
While most people are slam-ming
their alarm buzzers off,
Eric, at 6 a.m., has already begun
his day's work, all done volun-tarily.
Eric started volunteer work at
Bethel two years ago. Prior to that
he worked full time and later part-time
taking care of the heating
system and maintenance at old
campus for almost 40 years.
When asked why he works so
hard volunteering his services to
Bethel College, he replied, "I just
like to work, that's all. Helping
by Suzi Wells
Bethel students may receive
credit without taking a class by
scoring well on the College Level
Examination Program (CLEP)
tests.
The CLEP tests are divided into
two areas, general and subject.
The five general examinations
include English composition,
mathematics, natural sciences,
social sciences, and humanities.
The 47 subject examinations in-clude
such topics as anatomy and
computers and data processing to
introductory macroeconomics.
hi the past, exceptional stu-dents
have received up to 11.55
course credits from Bethel by
taking CLEP tests, according to
Dr. Paul Finlay, registrar.
"If a student scores high
enough, he may get up to six
semester credits for a test in the
general area," Finlay explained.
And three credits are possible for
a test in the subject area.
The student must score in the
50th percentile to be awarded
credit.
Bethel students in the past
have also received credit or ad-vance
placement by scoring high
on Advanced Placement (AP)
tests. These tests are generally
taken in high school, while CLEP
tests are often taken after a
student has been in college for a
year or two.
Krista Kaups, a third-year stu-dent,
has senior standing because
she received 7.83 Bethel credits
out is one of my biggest joys."
Eric looks out of his home (full
of Swedish decor) each morning
and decides what needs to be
done first on old campus. He
finds living across the street from
Hagstrom dorm "extremely con-venient."
Cleaning the field house is
usually first on his list. The
blooming flowers in the gym's
window boxes are the result of
Eric's hard work. He also does a
regular cleaning routine in the
field house each day and checks
supplies.
Best known for his skill in
playing "horse," Eric is
challenged weekly by basketball
players. He began playing with
students almost 40 years ago and
has since mastered the game.
Junior Mark Barton com-mented,
"Eric is unbeatable,
especially when he uses his dunk-as
a result of high scores on AP
and CLEP tests. "I'm planning on
going on to med school," Krista
explained, "and somewhere
along the line, I wanted to cut
down."
Krista will graduate this
spring.
"I paid a total of $40 for five
tests, and received 5.83 Bethel
credits for them," she said. "I
would say that's a steal of a
deal."
Aside from AP and CLEP pro-grams,
Finlay said that Bethel
will offer tests to students. "If
CLEP or AP do not have exams in
a particular area," he said, "the
department here can develop an
exam for that particular stu-dent."
CLEP tests were originally de-
Exxon Corporation may award
Bethel with a $6,620 grant to fund
Paul Redin's proposal for a stu-dent
counselors program.
Redin, director of career coun-seling
and placement, will learn
in a few weeks if Bethel receives
the grant.
Not dependent on whether
Bethel receives the grant, Redin's
student counseling program be-gan
this year and will continue
"depending on the results of this
year," said Redin.
The student mentor program
involves 14 upper clansmen who
shot."
"I don't vant to brag," Eric
reluctantly admitted, "but ya
know, I beat one of Bethel's new
basketball coaches in a game de
other veek." Eric's uncanny shot
from the middle of the floor with a
curious twist off the backboard
sneaks the ball into the hoop
which scores many points.
If Eric can't be found at home
(depending on the season) he's
probably mowing grass, shovel-ing
snow, raking leaves, or per-haps
caring for his flowers.
No matter what activity he's
doing, Eric always - has a sparkle
in his eye dimmed only by the
shade of his cocked baseball cap.
"Petunias are my favorite
flowers, petunias and then chry-santhemums,"
he said. Eric not
only cares for flowers for students
to enjoy, but brings flowers to his
cont. on page 4
signed for people who had been
out of high school for a while and
desired to receive college credit
without actually taking the cours-es.
Now they are becoming more
popular among students who are
currently enrolled in colleges, or
for high school students who plan
on attending college right after
high school.
Finlay encourages students to
take CLEP tests. "It's a legal way
to secure credit for information a
person has picked up on his
own," he said. "It encourages
self-improvement."
Bethel does not give CLEP
tests, but more informative about
test centers can be received in the
admissions office.
meet with freshmen and tran3-
fers. They work on college survi-val
techniques such as some
advising as to what classes the
freshmen and transfers should
take.
"The main advising is still
done by the faculty," said Redin,
"but at least the students have
thought about what they would
like to take."
The student mentor program is
not in the budget this year, but
Tricia Brownlee, assistant to the
dean, plans to write it in for next
year.
The idea for student mentor
Students moving from old cam-pus
to new campus next semester
will only pay $100 for focd cards,
according to Miss Marilyn Starr,
director of housing.
The rent for the housing,
however, will not change from
what was previously stated in the lease
lease, Starr said. The cost will re-main
at $312.50.
Some old campus residents feel
that the change from the $220 per
semester to $312.50 is unfair.
David Terpstra and James Creel,
both old campus residents, claim
students were unaware of the
programs started with William F.
Brown of South West Texas State
University. He wrote a proposal
funded by Exxon for student
counseling programs. His pro-gram
worked and Exxon decided
to give money only to those
people who revised Brown's pro-gram
to fit their own school.
Redin rewrote Brown's pro-gram
to fit Bethel and submitted
his proposal. "The first screening
of the proposals is done by Exxon
itself," said Redin.
Redin's proposal got past the
first screening and he was there-fore
invited to the workshop held
change in price when they signed
the lease for one year.
Terpstra and Creel circulated a
petition stating their concern
about the increase in housing
costs, stating that students should
pay only what they pay now.
About 300 students from old cam-pus,
and a few from new campus,
signed the petition.
Starr and Mack Nettleton,
director of student affairs, met
with Terpstra and Creel. The
administrators decided to keep
housing at $312.50, but lowered
the minimum food card require-ment
to $100.
at Lamar University in Beaumont,
Tex. Thirteen or fourteen other
people were also there with their
proposals.
From these, Brown and others
will select about half of these
propoSals to receive funding.
"Exxon helps with the first costs
of starting the programs but does
not help pay on-going expenses,"
said Redin.
At Lamar University, Brown's
program has been made into a
class on college survival
techniques taught, by the stu-dents.
Mentor program instituted, aids transfers, freshmen
by Pam Temple

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4 'e•
Versatile maintenance volunteer Eric Borgeson plays basketball
and rakes leaves on Old Campus.
OC residents voice concerns
regarding new housing costs
Bethel College St. Paul, MN Vol. 54 No. 8 November 10, 1978
Students encouraged to try CLEP
Eric lovingly serves old campus
by Sandee Barton
He loves petunias, gives
stranded girls on old campus
rides and has, perhaps, the thick-est
Swedish brogue this side of
Scandinavia. He's Eric Borgeson,
the 78-year-old man with a frame
still like that of many Bethel
collegiates.
While most people are slam-ming
their alarm buzzers off,
Eric, at 6 a.m., has already begun
his day's work, all done volun-tarily.
Eric started volunteer work at
Bethel two years ago. Prior to that
he worked full time and later part-time
taking care of the heating
system and maintenance at old
campus for almost 40 years.
When asked why he works so
hard volunteering his services to
Bethel College, he replied, "I just
like to work, that's all. Helping
by Suzi Wells
Bethel students may receive
credit without taking a class by
scoring well on the College Level
Examination Program (CLEP)
tests.
The CLEP tests are divided into
two areas, general and subject.
The five general examinations
include English composition,
mathematics, natural sciences,
social sciences, and humanities.
The 47 subject examinations in-clude
such topics as anatomy and
computers and data processing to
introductory macroeconomics.
hi the past, exceptional stu-dents
have received up to 11.55
course credits from Bethel by
taking CLEP tests, according to
Dr. Paul Finlay, registrar.
"If a student scores high
enough, he may get up to six
semester credits for a test in the
general area," Finlay explained.
And three credits are possible for
a test in the subject area.
The student must score in the
50th percentile to be awarded
credit.
Bethel students in the past
have also received credit or ad-vance
placement by scoring high
on Advanced Placement (AP)
tests. These tests are generally
taken in high school, while CLEP
tests are often taken after a
student has been in college for a
year or two.
Krista Kaups, a third-year stu-dent,
has senior standing because
she received 7.83 Bethel credits
out is one of my biggest joys."
Eric looks out of his home (full
of Swedish decor) each morning
and decides what needs to be
done first on old campus. He
finds living across the street from
Hagstrom dorm "extremely con-venient."
Cleaning the field house is
usually first on his list. The
blooming flowers in the gym's
window boxes are the result of
Eric's hard work. He also does a
regular cleaning routine in the
field house each day and checks
supplies.
Best known for his skill in
playing "horse," Eric is
challenged weekly by basketball
players. He began playing with
students almost 40 years ago and
has since mastered the game.
Junior Mark Barton com-mented,
"Eric is unbeatable,
especially when he uses his dunk-as
a result of high scores on AP
and CLEP tests. "I'm planning on
going on to med school," Krista
explained, "and somewhere
along the line, I wanted to cut
down."
Krista will graduate this
spring.
"I paid a total of $40 for five
tests, and received 5.83 Bethel
credits for them," she said. "I
would say that's a steal of a
deal."
Aside from AP and CLEP pro-grams,
Finlay said that Bethel
will offer tests to students. "If
CLEP or AP do not have exams in
a particular area," he said, "the
department here can develop an
exam for that particular stu-dent."
CLEP tests were originally de-
Exxon Corporation may award
Bethel with a $6,620 grant to fund
Paul Redin's proposal for a stu-dent
counselors program.
Redin, director of career coun-seling
and placement, will learn
in a few weeks if Bethel receives
the grant.
Not dependent on whether
Bethel receives the grant, Redin's
student counseling program be-gan
this year and will continue
"depending on the results of this
year," said Redin.
The student mentor program
involves 14 upper clansmen who
shot."
"I don't vant to brag," Eric
reluctantly admitted, "but ya
know, I beat one of Bethel's new
basketball coaches in a game de
other veek." Eric's uncanny shot
from the middle of the floor with a
curious twist off the backboard
sneaks the ball into the hoop
which scores many points.
If Eric can't be found at home
(depending on the season) he's
probably mowing grass, shovel-ing
snow, raking leaves, or per-haps
caring for his flowers.
No matter what activity he's
doing, Eric always - has a sparkle
in his eye dimmed only by the
shade of his cocked baseball cap.
"Petunias are my favorite
flowers, petunias and then chry-santhemums,"
he said. Eric not
only cares for flowers for students
to enjoy, but brings flowers to his
cont. on page 4
signed for people who had been
out of high school for a while and
desired to receive college credit
without actually taking the cours-es.
Now they are becoming more
popular among students who are
currently enrolled in colleges, or
for high school students who plan
on attending college right after
high school.
Finlay encourages students to
take CLEP tests. "It's a legal way
to secure credit for information a
person has picked up on his
own," he said. "It encourages
self-improvement."
Bethel does not give CLEP
tests, but more informative about
test centers can be received in the
admissions office.
meet with freshmen and tran3-
fers. They work on college survi-val
techniques such as some
advising as to what classes the
freshmen and transfers should
take.
"The main advising is still
done by the faculty," said Redin,
"but at least the students have
thought about what they would
like to take."
The student mentor program is
not in the budget this year, but
Tricia Brownlee, assistant to the
dean, plans to write it in for next
year.
The idea for student mentor
Students moving from old cam-pus
to new campus next semester
will only pay $100 for focd cards,
according to Miss Marilyn Starr,
director of housing.
The rent for the housing,
however, will not change from
what was previously stated in the lease
lease, Starr said. The cost will re-main
at $312.50.
Some old campus residents feel
that the change from the $220 per
semester to $312.50 is unfair.
David Terpstra and James Creel,
both old campus residents, claim
students were unaware of the
programs started with William F.
Brown of South West Texas State
University. He wrote a proposal
funded by Exxon for student
counseling programs. His pro-gram
worked and Exxon decided
to give money only to those
people who revised Brown's pro-gram
to fit their own school.
Redin rewrote Brown's pro-gram
to fit Bethel and submitted
his proposal. "The first screening
of the proposals is done by Exxon
itself," said Redin.
Redin's proposal got past the
first screening and he was there-fore
invited to the workshop held
change in price when they signed
the lease for one year.
Terpstra and Creel circulated a
petition stating their concern
about the increase in housing
costs, stating that students should
pay only what they pay now.
About 300 students from old cam-pus,
and a few from new campus,
signed the petition.
Starr and Mack Nettleton,
director of student affairs, met
with Terpstra and Creel. The
administrators decided to keep
housing at $312.50, but lowered
the minimum food card require-ment
to $100.
at Lamar University in Beaumont,
Tex. Thirteen or fourteen other
people were also there with their
proposals.
From these, Brown and others
will select about half of these
propoSals to receive funding.
"Exxon helps with the first costs
of starting the programs but does
not help pay on-going expenses,"
said Redin.
At Lamar University, Brown's
program has been made into a
class on college survival
techniques taught, by the stu-dents.
Mentor program instituted, aids transfers, freshmen
by Pam Temple